Biodiversity and ecophysiology of yeasts

1 Yeast Biodiversity: How Many and How Much? Marc-André Lachance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Yeast Systematics and Phylogeny – Implications of Molecular Identification Methods for Studies in Ecology Cletus P. Kurtzman and Jack W. Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 Yeast Biodiversity and Culture Collections Vincent Robert, Joost Stalpers, Teun Boekhout and Shu-hui Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4 Genomics and Biodiversity in Yeasts M. Bolotin-Fukuhara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5 Methods for Investigating Yeast Biodiversity K. Boundy-Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 6 Sugar Metabolism in Yeasts: an Overview of Aerobic and Anaerobic Glucose Catabolism Fernando Rodrigues, Paula Ludovico and Cecília Leão . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 7 Diversity of Nitrogen Metabolism Among Yeast Species: Regulatory and Evolutionary Aspects Francine Messenguy, Bruno André and Evelyne Dubois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 8 Environmental Factors Influencing Yeasts Tibor Deak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 9 Yeast Responses to Stresses An Tanghe, Bernard Prior and Johan M. Thevelein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 10 Antagonistic Interactions Among Yeasts W.I. Golubev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 11 Yeasts in Soil Alfred Botha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 12 Yeast Biodiversity in Freshwater, Marine and Deep-Sea Environments Takahiko Nagahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 13 Phylloplane Yeasts Á. Fonseca and J. Inácio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 14 Yeast and Invertebrate Associations Philip F. Ganter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 15 Yeasts in Extreme Environments Peter Raspor and Jure Zupan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 16 Yeast Biodiversity in the Antarctic Helen S. Vishniac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 17 Yeast Biodiversity in Tropical Forests of Asia Takashi Nakase, Sasitorn Jindamorakot, Somjit Am-in, Wanchern Potacharoen and Morakot Tanticharoen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 18 Yeast Communities in Tropical Rain Forests in Brazil and other South American Ecosystems Paula B. Morais, Fernando C. Pagnocca and Carlos A. Rosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 19 The Biogeographic Diversity of Cactophilic Yeasts William T. Starmer, Virginia Aberdeen and Marc-André Lachance . . . . . . . . . . 485 20 Black Yeasts and Meristematic Fungi: Ecology, Diversity and Identification Katja Sterflinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 21 Yeasts as Indicators of Environmental Quality Allen N. Hagler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 22 Yeast Biodiversity and Biotechnology Pietro Buzzini and Ann Vaughan-Martini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561